[Verse 1 - No drums - freeform-ish] I [A] remember [Amaj7] all my [A] life [A] Raining down as [Amaj7] cold as [A] ice [Bm] Shadows of a man [Bm] Face through a window [G] Crying in the night The [E7] night goes [E] in [E7] to
[Verse 2] [A] Morning, just a [Amaj7] nother [A] day [A] Happy people [Amaj7] pass my [A] way [Bm] Looking in their eyes I [Bm] see a memory I [G] never realized How [E7] happy you [E] made [E7] me
[Chorus - Full drums] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [A] Mandy
[Interlude - half bar each chord- drums stop] [A][F#m][D] ([E][E7])
[Verse 3 - Drums back in] I'm [A] standing on the [Amaj7] edge of [A] time I [A] walked away when [Amaj7] love was [A] mine [Bm] Caught up in a world Of [Bm] uphill climbing [G] Tears are in my mind And [E7] nothing is [E] rhy [E7] ming
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh Mandy
[Interlude] [F#m][C#m][D][Bm] [E][E]
[Semi Verse] [Bm] Yesterday's a dream, I [Bm] face the morning [G] Crying on a breeze, the [E7] pain is [E] call [E7] ing
[Chorus] Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] came and you [D] gave without [E] taking But I [E7] sent you a [E] way Oh, [A] Mandy Well, you [F#m] kissed me and [D] stopped me from [E] shaking And I [E7] need you to [E] day, oh [B] Mandy (key change) Well, you [G#m] came and you [E] gave without [F#7] taking But I [F#] sent you away Oh, [B] Mandy Well, you [G#m] kissed me and [E] stopped me from [F#7] shaking And I [F#] need [B] you . . .
[BPM 110 - Intro - Original key Capo at 4 - BUT DONT BOTHER LIVE - start with drums] 2 bars - Am riff - hammer open notes onto Am to play riff
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can) [Am - vamp]
[Verse] Your [Am] beauty is be [C] yond compare with [G] flaming locks of [Am] auburn hair With [G] ivory skin and [Em] eyes of emerald [Am] green. [Am - vamp] Your [Am] smile is like a [C] breath of spring your [G] voice is soft like [Am] summer rain And [G] I can not com [Em] pete with you Jo [Am] lene. [Am - vamp] He [Am] talks about you [C] in his sleep and there's [G] nothing I can [Am] do to keep From [G] crying when he [Em] calls your name Jo [Am] lene [Am - vamp] Now [Am] I can easily [C] understand how [G] you could easily [Am] take my man .. But you [G] don't know what he [Em] means to me [Am] Jolene
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can)
[Verse] [Am] You can have your [C] choice of men but [G] I could never [Am] love again [G] He's the only [Em] one for me Jo [Am] lene [Am - vamp] I [Am] had to have this [C] talk with you, my [G] happiness de [Am] pends on you And what [G] ever you de [Em] cide to do Jo [Am] lene
[Chorus] [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene .. I'm [G] begging of you [Em] please don't take my [Am] man [Am] Jolene, Jo [C] lene, Jo [G] lene, Jo [Am] lene [G] Please don't take him [Em] just because you [Am] can (Please don't take him even though you can)
